I got some Shure E2-C ear canal phones today.I was sceptical but they sound amazing,identical to my "big" Grado SR60 I use for home listening(not sure how it's possible but it is)Listening to my ipod has just gotten a lot more interesting.Funny it took me a year of glancing at them in the store before trying them out,but they are 100$

I got some Shure E2-C ear canal phones today.I was sceptical but they sound amazing,identical to my "big" Grado SR60 I use for home listening(not sure how it's possible but it is)Listening to my ipod has just gotten a lot more interesting.Funny it took me a year of glancing at them in the store before trying them out,but they are 100$

In my humble opinion, AKG's studio headphones models are the best in the world. I'm also a proud owner of the K 240 Studio model, I've had them for several years now and excellent is all I can say. What a fantastic sound clarity and audio quality! I'd certainly recommend AKG to all audiophiles, but also to everyone else, you'll never believe how the music can be heard with such good headphones.

The only minor "drawback", if I can call it so, of my headphones is their high impendance (600 ohms). That is of course not such a problem until you try them with your, say, portable CD or MP3 player.

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I have mixed feelings about them, they sounded great with songs (Rock, R &B, pop etc etc.) but with film scores there's something missing.

That's EXACTLY how I feel with the ones I showed above. Amazing bass and ooomph makes normal songs great, but at least at first, scores just sounded a bit distant and not very 'surrounding'. I actually considered trying to find a pair of my old ones, but they're not made any more and I've gotten used to the sound of these more.

Since I now have my desk and PCs in a different room than my trusty Arcam receiver and Tannoy boxes after moving, I've hooked it up to my old cheap Denon system and Magnat speakers. Right now, there's still a big cardboard box next to the sub, and the front speakers are behind the curtains... the system isn't very good to begin with, but in the current configuration, it's horrible.

Luckily, I've also hooked the PC up to the Arcam (digitally), so at night I listen with headphones connected to that one.

From what I read,Bose Triport headphones accentuates the bass and drown out all the middle frequencies.Not good for orchestral soundtracks in which you need a very neutral sound.

also one of my friends had a pair,I briefly tried them and kinda went "ewww"

Some Williams CDs also have that "Bose" sound. Some people refer to it as "silky". Imagine playing Jurassic Park on a Bose set!

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It's the headphones that give the music a certain sound. The consumer ones are designed to do that, to make the sound more 'excited'.
Whereas transparent studio phones , you only hear what is there.

I recently bought a pair of AKG k55 headphones, which are in between consumer and studio quality. It's interesting to compare them to other headphones I have. They colour the sound in a way which makes the music sound better in some ways, but if you want to hear it in a pure way, you have to use an audiophile orientated product.

I seldom do. I only brought it up because of its so-called silky sound quality. Bose AND Jurassic Park together can only be overkill.

I have this crazy theory about science fiction. I think all science fiction movies are inherently nostalgic. I think Blade Runner is one of the most nostalgic movies you can think of. Gattaca is incredibly nostalgic somehow. So with this nostalgia, they become weirdly personal. And that got me back to where we were starting which was by going as far away from humanity and Earth as we possibly could in this movie. Every moment needed to remind us of who we are or question of who we are or make us an ache for who we left behind. - Hans Zimmer

Do you think so? Then you really are a Bose man, Steef! You see, Bose makes every recording sound pleasantly "silky". Their formula is to emphasize the highs, boost the bass and retract the mids. If you should buy Bose, you'll hear how every Williams CD suddenly approximates that "flawless sound quality".
For Jurassic Park, I suspect they used an Aphex Aural Exciter or some equivalent to achieve this particular sound. The thing is, with really good orchestral recordings, you don't hear or notice any "tuning" or enhancements. Perhaps it's precisely the unnaturalness that appeals to you.

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I really liked a certain kind of KOSS earbuds that had tremendous bass response. Then I got an earache and bought a new pair of Panasonic RP-HS43 over the ear style earphones. They do what they have to.

I've tried virtually every pair of earbuds and these have been the best ones.

For regular headphones I have a pair Sony MDR-V600's which are great.

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I have to say I have much love for the Grados and the SR60's are defiantly the best bang for buck in the lineup...

That being said I was pleasantly surprised by a pair of Panasonic headphones that I bought in the sub $40 range. the Panasonic RP-HTX7 blew me away at the price... May not be Grado's but for the price I wouldn't trade these ones.

I have a pair of those for my iPod as well. Very nice, although they don't cancel out a whole lot of background noise, meaning I'd often have to turn the volume up much more than I would in a quiet environment.

I use a pair of Sennheiser HD 555 headphones for listening at home. Very happy with those as well.